Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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plugin-container.exe
Waterfox by Waterfox Limited (Signed)
| Version: | 18.0.1 |
| MD5: | 691442a6d22bb434632085b5c3b23452 |
| SHA1: | 0c408b3ed2e795a97a11124b1ce289730e8349eb |
| SHA256: | 82ca3a95b9dede555d3ab9117e9bf902e925a1fb909f9f9f77a0dd844423725c |
What is plugin-container.exe?
Mozilla Firefox (Waterfox) is a free and open source web browser coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards.
Overview
plugin-container.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
waterfox.exe (Waterfox by Waterfox Limited). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Waterfox published by Waterfox Limited, Waterfox from Waterfox Limited and Waterfox by Waterfox Limited. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Waterfox Limited which was issued by the COMODO CA Limited certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | plugin-container.exe |
| Publisher: | Mozilla Corporation |
| Product name: | Waterfox |
| Description: | Plugin Container for Waterfox |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\waterfox\plugin-container.exe |
| File version: | 18.0.1 |
| Size: | 29.61 KB (30,320 bytes) |
| Build date: | 1/19/2013 4:21 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Waterfox Limited |
| Authority (CA): | COMODO CA Limited |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, July 24, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“Waterfox is a high performance browser based on the Mozilla Firefox source code. Waterfox is specifically for 64-bit systems, with one thing in mind: speed. Waterfox was compiled with Intel's C++ Compiler with the following optimisations: Intel's Math Library, SSE3, AVX for supported Intel processors, jemalloc, Profile-Guided Optimisation and the /O3 switch. Your add-ons/extensions work on any version of Firefox, on any platform! That m...”
“Waterfox is a high performance browser based on the Mozilla Firefox source code. Waterfox is specifically for 64-bit systems, with one thing in mind: speed. Waterfox was compiled with Intel's C++ Compiler with the following optimisations: Intel's Math Library, SSE3, AVX for supported Intel processors, jemalloc, Profile-Guided Optimisation and the /O3 switch. Your add-ons/extensions work on any version of Firefox, on any platform! That m...”
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00094588% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00031753% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00062835% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 26,427 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 20,152,371/sec | |
| Context switches: | 150/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 31.03 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 56.38 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 18.31 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 31.03 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 374.66 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 399.49 MB | |
| Working set: | 23.84 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 86.95 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,114,702/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 33.16 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 398/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 16.41 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 370/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 447 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 100/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 24 | |
| Handles: | 279 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 15 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 31 | |
| GUI USER count: | 49 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 60 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\waterfox\plugin-container.exe" --channel=7496.24a27300.678771515 "C:\Windows\System32\macromed\flash\npswf64_11_8_800_94.dll" 6f940ac27a98dd61 -greomni "C:\Program Files\waterfox\omni.ja" 7496 plugin |
| Owner: | User |
| Parent process: | waterfox.exe (Waterfox by Waterfox Limited) |
Threads
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
50.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
50.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 50.00% of Waterfox.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
100.00% |
|
